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Object Animation, WIP
For this project, I'd have to say that my main inspiration has got to be PES, as I've looked up to his work since I was quite young. I...

Sam Eckart
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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Neighbors By Norman McLaren (Pixilation)
Why is stop-motion animation, and pixilation in particular, a good approach to this subject matter? What does this technique allow for...

Sam Eckart
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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Appropriation Video-WIP
This is what I have so far for our final project the "Appropriation Video" assignment. reality and the video game footage. I also plan...

Sam Eckart
Apr 26, 20231 min read
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Photoshop Collage, WIP
This is my collage so far. I plan on refining the outlines and increasing the quality and amount of pixels. It's not quite right yet, so...

Sam Eckart
Mar 7, 20231 min read
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Intro to After Effects
Using a tutorial from Nathan Chojnacki, which you can find here, I dove headfirst into Adobe's After Effects for the first time. Despite...

Sam Eckart
Oct 8, 20221 min read
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Shape Animation
For this project, I wanted to tell a very minimalistic story, and see if I could use basic shapes to convey life. So, I attempted to use...

Sam Eckart
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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Morphing Animation(s), and Being in Over My Head
I'd like to start this by saying that in the beginning of this assignment, I was Icarus flying too close to the sun of creativity, which...

Sam Eckart
Sep 25, 20222 min read
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Sam Eckart
Sep 14, 20220 min read
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Easing-In and Easing-Out, an Essential in Animation
One of the twelve principles of animation. To describe ease in and ease out simply, easing in is using more frames at the beginning of an...

Sam Eckart
Sep 6, 20223 min read
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